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You can access program descriptions, guest names and topics for many of the programs on Wisconsin Public Radio's Ideas Network. To see Program Notes for a particular day, select a date below. Most WPR programs are available for online playback and/or download.
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6:00 AM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


The Great Cholesterol Myth: We've all heard that high cholesterol is a prelude to a heart attack. But doctors and patients alike may have been misled into focusing on this single risk factor among more than a hundred others. Re-thinking our approach to cholesterol and heart disease.


7:00 AM

Larry Meiller  - 03/08F

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It's a great time to think about what you want to grow this year. On this encore edition of Garden Talk, Larry Meiller finds out how to choose and start seeds, what plants are good for companion crops, and more.
Guest: Lisa Johnson, Dane County Extension Horticulture Educator



8:00 AM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys chat about why mixed drinks with MORE calories might be safer. Then they investigate the reasons behind the recent plunge in teen births. And, can you really catch your own cold? Plus, a slightly snacky recipe for Roasted Pear and Popcorn Salad.


9:00 AM

Car Talk


Click and Clack share some car care advice, and plenty of laughs, on Car Talk.


10:00 AM

Michael Feldman's Whad'Ya Know?  - 03/09A

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Author and linguist Ben Yagoda proofreads the scene. And Lars Mytting (Mitting) talks wood stacking in Norway. Plus, All the News That Isn't, and the Whad'Ya Know? quiz.


12:00 PM

Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!


It's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!, the hour-long quiz show from NPR.


1:00 PM

Zorba Paster On Your Health

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The guys chat about why mixed drinks with MORE calories might be safer. Then they investigate the reasons behind the recent plunge in teen births. And, can you really catch your own cold? Plus, a slightly snacky recipe for Roasted Pear and Popcorn Salad.


2:00 PM

The People's Pharmacy with Joe and Terry Graedon


The Great Cholesterol Myth: We've all heard that high cholesterol is a prelude to a heart attack. But doctors and patients alike may have been misled into focusing on this single risk factor among more than a hundred others. Re-thinking our approach to cholesterol and heart disease.


3:00 PM

RadioLab


Lucy - Chimps. Bonobos. Humans. We're all great apes, but that doesn't mean we're one big happy family. Hear stories of trying to live together.


4:00 PM

This American Life


We pick up where we left off last week in our second hour from Harper High School in Chicago. We find out if a shooting in the neighborhood will derail the school's Homecoming game and dance. We hear the origin story of one of Harper's gangs. And we ask a group of teenagers: where do you get your guns?


5:00 PM

A Prairie Home Companion


Garrison Keillor and Company kick-off a run of Spring repeats with a show originally broadcast from The Fitzgerald Theater back in March 2002. Cowgirl singer Stephanie Davis joins Garrison on "Pick Me Up On Your Way Down," our good friend Peter Ostroushko plays the "East Texas Waltz," and guitarist Mike Dowling performs "Rosalie."


7:00 PM

Tent Show Radio


Enjoy music and entertainment from under the Big Top on Tent Show Radio.


8:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/09A

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Frontier Town from 1952 leads to The Seminole Strip. And, also from 1952, The Great Gildersleeve . . . disappears.


9:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/09B

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Mr. and Mrs. North stumble into a case arising from Fool's Gold in a broadcast from 1951. Then, NBC University Theater from 1948 brings you the Somerset Maugham classic, "Of Human Bondage".


10:00 PM

Old Time Radio Drama - with Norman Gilliland  - 03/09C

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After "Of Human Bondage" it's a case for the Fat Man.


11:00 PM

BBC World Service


Hear World news and features overnight seven days a week from the British Broadcasting Corporation.

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